About The Word Suffocate
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Suffocate
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What's The Definition Of Suffocate?
[v] struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
[v] feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating" [v] be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" [v] suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" [v] become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" [v] impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [v] deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor" Synonyms | Synonyms for Suffocate: asphyxiate | asphyxiate | choke | choke | choke | gag | smother | strangle Related Terms | Find terms related to Suffocate: See Also | become | block | close up | cover | dampen | decease | die | exit | expire | feel | go | hurt | impede | jam | kill | obstruct | obturate | occlude | pass | pass away | perish | stifle | strangle | suffer | turn Suffocate In Webster's Dictionary \Suf"fo*cate\, a. [L. suffocatus, p. p. of suffocare
to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. {Faucal}.]
Suffocated; choked. --Shak.
\Suf"fo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suffocating}.] 1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. --Shak. 2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire. \Suf"fo*cate\, v. i. To become choked, stifled, or smothered. ``A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage.'' --collier. |
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